. >> publisher joshua marshall on the internet and his website's emergence into the breaking news business. >> the media ecosystem is such a different world today than it was coming hard to believe coming 10 years ago. things like that happen all the time -- than it was, hard to believe, at 10 years ago. there are some big stories we have had over the last decade. now a have an editorial staff of 20 people so we are breaking stories right and left. it has almost become commonplace. it is not nearly as surprising today as it was back then. >> more about josh marshall tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific and c-span's "q&a." >> we have the chairman of the senate natural resources committee. >> jeff bingaman, a democrat of new mexico. two reporters to help us. publishing and darren sameulson. he is with politico pro. alana, go ahead with your first question. >> a topic that you considered holding a hearing on as the solyndra scandal was becoming a political football. are you now considering a more public investigation into the program? >> there have been a lot of investigations. i do not k

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alexandria is missing a key member today. 33-year-old paramedic joshua weissman is still in the hospital fighting for his life. the chief fire marshal rodriguez says it's never easy when a routine response ends in an emergency for one of your own. >> you never know what's going to happen from one day to the next. you try to think about that when you go to work each day but never prepares you. >> he was critically injured last night while responding to a car fire on 395. fire officials say a short time after he got out of the ambulance, he fell off the highway 20 feet into the rocky frigid creek below. we have received the audio recordings from firefighters on the scene that were posted on website s. >> the man fell off the bridge into the river. but within minutes police from alexandria and arlington on the scene and went down to the river to rescue him. >> they found him and did cpr by the way. >> i pray to god that he'll be ok. >> the seven-year veteran of the the problem was taken to washington hospital center where his wife family, and fire departments family are undecided. officials call him an outstanding employee and pray tha